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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9830542" data-attributes="member: 6799660">We're... and interesting country. Look at it this way -- we just named the thing the One Big Beautiful Bill/Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21). Back in 2001, we went to the trouble to make it spell out the thing with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T.) Act (P.L. 107-56). That was above in beyond, and although the average U.S. citizen doesn't have to think about it much, that act is still in constant use if you are in some industries or tasks (such as routine anti-money laundering prevention in the banking industry).It seems to be a real problem with both engineers and IT/computer types. My ever-unfinished thread topic I have on the back burner relates to one of my developers who was incredibly condescending to a coworker's spouse because she was 'merely' a VP of Human Resources. Mind you, I think everyone can have blinders to how narrow their expertise can be, and how that other thing over there can be a whole separate field with its own experts (ex. the doctors who are very good at treating a patient in front of them for a specific ailment, but needing the MPH to get a public health initiative to work).</blockquote>